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Question 1

pagan

Answer 1

not Christian, Moslem, or Jewish; pre-Christian; heathen

Question 2

titillation

Answer 2

excitement, stimulation, often superficial

Question 3

noncombustible

Answer 3

not capable of igniting and burning; unexciting

Question 4

tactile

Answer 4

related to the sense of touch

Question 5

rationalize

Answer 5

to offer a self-serving but incorrect reason

Question 6

exhalation

Answer 6

an emission of air or vapor

Question 7

morgue

Answer 7

a place where dead bodies are kept until final arrangements are made

Question 8

teem

Answer 8

to be full of things; to swarm

Question 9

cadence

Answer 9

rhythmic; expressive

Question 10

patronage

Answer 10

support; attendance

Question 11

suffuse

Answer 11

to spread through or over

Question 12

dentifrice

Answer 12

toothpaste or tooth powder

Question 13

strew

Answer 13

to spread; to scatter

Question 14

intuitively

Answer 14

through the senses rather than rational thought

Question 15

profusion

Answer 15

plentiful amount

Question 16

skepticism

Answer 16

a doubting or questioning attitude

Question 17

insidious

Answer 17

spreading harm slowly and secretly; treacherous

Question 18

linguist

Answer 18

a language specialist

Question 19

complementing

Answer 19

going well together

Question 20

welter

Answer 20

a confused mass; a jumble

Question 21

trifle

Answer 21

a small amount; a little bit